If Arizona is able to reverse its fortunes Saturday in the 2012 New Mexico Bowl, it would mean much more than just snapping a two-game bowl losing streak and inching its overall postseason mark closer to respectability.

It would mark one of the best years the program has seen in two decades.

With the exception of the best season in Wildcats history—1998, in which the 'Cats finished 12-1—no UA team has won more than eight games in a single season since 1993.

Further, of the three eight-win teams since 1993, only one won a bowl game. The 2008 team, which finished 8-5, defeated BYU in the Las Vegas Bowl.

So, what's at stake for Arizona in the New Mexico Bowl? Capping what would be Arizona's second-best season in nearly 20 years.